What Does The Mansion Symbolize In The Great Gatsby

Often times, people use what they have to their advantage to get what they want. One of the main characters, Jay Gatsby, in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald helps readers understand a bit more as to how his mansion was a symbol of his love for Daisy. Five years ago, Gatsby met Daisy Buchanan at her mansion in East Egg for a party and fell in love with her. With World War One beginning, Gatsby left for the war with the thought of coming back to Daisy waiting for him, however, he came back to her married to the former Yale football star, Tom Buchanan. In spite of this disappointment, Mr. Gatsby threw weekly parties at his enormous mansion in hopes of luring Daisy into one of them; sadly that didn’t work. Soon enough, Jay Gatsby grew knowledge

of Nick Carraway, Daisy’s cousin, and began to use him as a way to get Daisy back into his life. Without delay, Nick was told about a plan to have Daisy over to his bungalow for a discreet tea party, where she would be greeted by Gatsby. A few days later, Gatsby arrives at the Buchanan residence for tea and later invites them to one of his parties which leads to the affair between Gatsby and Daisy. All in all, Gatsby’s mansion symbolizes Gatsby’s love for Daisy; it’s important to the story because readers gain insight into Gatsby’s thinking for getting Daisy back.
Gatsby’s mansion is important to the story because it helps readers understand Gatsby’s love for Daisy; readers see this when Gatsby invites Nick to one of his parties. One day, a chauffeur appeared at Nick’s doorstep with a note from Mr. Gatsby; Nick elucidates that it said that, “…the honor would be entirely Gatsby’s…if I would attend his ‘little party’ that night” (Fitzgerald 45). Gatsby has expressed that he would do just about anything to get Daisy back and shows that when he invites Nick to his party, which is the reason for inviting Nick. Although, Nick may envisage that Gatsby is just being extraordinarily kind, Gatsby also has his own reasoning for inviting him. Gatsby understands that he has a chance to use Nick as a way to get in contact with Daisy, who he had lost contact with five years prior, creating the “honor” of Nick’s presence at the party. Nick can easily get Daisy to do a simple favor such as come over to have tea, which is why Gatsby purposely invited Nick to the party. With Gatsby having the image of things working out between his plan and Nick, he was ecstatic over the thought of Mr. Carraway attending the party. Therefore, without inviting Nick to the party, Gatsby probably wouldn’t have ever been able to get in touch with Daisy.
Another example of Gatsby’s mansion symbolizing to readers Gatsby’s love for Daisy is when Jordan Baker, Daisy’s friend, reaches out to Nick about planning a tea party; readers see some of Gatsby’s ideas revealed during this confrontation.

As Jordan is informing Nick about the plan to bring Gatsby and Daisy together with a tea party, she blurts out, “I think he half expected her to wander into one of his parties, some night” (Fitzgerald 84). Gatsby thought that he could convince Daisy to come to one of his parties since he lived so close and they seemed to be so vivacious. Gatsby had bought the immense mansion in the hopes of it catching Daisy’s attention. Mr. Gatsby believed in “repeating the past”, which is why he threw the parties at his mansion. He wanted the mansion to reignite the love that he and Daisy once had. Throughout the five years that Gatsby had been trying to get Daisy’s attention, he finally started to understand that the parties just weren’t doing the job. Gatsby’s idea of getting Daisy to appear at one of the parties out of pure love didn’t end up happening, creating the use of a different plan to get her to end up at his mansion take

place.
Lastly, Gatsby’s mansion helps readers understand Gatsby’s love for Daisy when Jordan is telling Nick the story behind Gatsby and Daisy; readers learn why Gatsby lives so close to Daisy.

In Central Park, Jordan is telling Nick the background of Gatsby and Daisy’s love story. As she is getting close to the end of her story, she tells Nick, “Gatsby bought the house so that Daisy would be just across the bay” (Fitzgerald 83). Gatsby wanted to make sure that he wouldn’t lose Daisy again even though she is with another man. He wanted to feel her presence as he looked at the green light flashing across the bay. With Gatsby able to see Daisy’s house, he felt a sense of hope to getting her back. Coupled with his humongous and lively parties, Gatsby hoped that Daisy would see the action at his mansion and be tempted to check it out. In reality, Daisy never appeared at the Gatsby mansion which left Gatsby desperate for a better idea. Without Gatsby living so close to Daisy, Nick wouldn’t have been able to invite her to the tea party that eventually lead to Gatsby bringing her to his neighboring

house.
Readers can better understand Gatsby’s thinking for getting Daisy back through the symbol of Gatsby’s mansion. Gatsby’s mansion is important to the story because it creates the reasoning for why Gatsby lives so close to Daisy, has reoccurring parties and more. Readers are able to gain knowledge as to why Gatsby’s mansion symbolizes his thoughts and how they affect his actions. In the end, Gatsby’s mansion ended up being apart of the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy. The ideas that Gatsby used to get Daisy back created a big impact on how Gatsby’s mansion portrayed his love for her. Without the use of symbolism throughout the story readers wouldn’t be able to understand the importance of his mansion.